Loreto Explained

Loreto is Italian for laurel-wood. A town in Italy named Loreto holds an important Christian shrine, which led to the spread of the name to many countries. It may refer to:

Places

Argentina

• Loreto, Santiago del Estero
• Loreto, Misiones

Bolivia

• Loreto, Beni

Brazil

• Loreto, Maranhão

Ecuador

• Loreto Canton, in the province of Orellana

Italy

• Loreto, Marche, home of the Basilica della Santa Casa after which the other shrines are named
• Loreto Aprutino, Pescara

Mexico

• Loreto, Baja California Sur
• Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur
• Loreto, Zacatecas

Paraguay

• Loreto, Concepción department

Peru

• Loreto Region
  • Loreto Province

Philippines

• Loreto, Agusan del Sur

Switzerland

• Loreto, Switzerland, a district of Lugano

Other

• Loreto (meteorite), found in 1896 in Baja California Sur, Mexico
• Loreto (Milan Metro), a subway station on the Line 1 of Milan Metro
• Nicolás del Campo (full name "Nicolás Francisco Cristóbal del Campo, Marquis of Loreto", 1725–1803), sometimes referred to as "Viceroy Loreto"

People

• Loreto Carbonell (1933-2017), Filipino basketball player
• Loreto Cucchiarelli (born 1943), Italian former rugby union player now serving as a coach
• Loreto Di Franco (1578–1638), Roman Catholic prelate
• Loreto Garza (born 1962), former American boxer and light welterweight world champion
• Loreto Silva (born 1964), Chilean deputy minister

See also

• Loreta (disambiguation)
• Loreto College (disambiguation), list of schools named Loreto College or Loreto School
• Loreto Department
• Loreto Municipality (disambiguation)
• Loretto (disambiguation)
• Litany of Loreto
• Notre Dame de Lorette, the name of a ridge, basilica, and French national cemetery northwest of Arras at the village of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire
• Sisters of Loreto, a women's Catholic religious order founded by an Englishwoman, Mary Ward, in 1609
• Basilica della Santa Casa, Holy House of Loreto